Management Science and Operations focuses on the design and management of enterprises, value-creating innovative systems, and processes. Our research addresses questions relating to operational dynamics and decision making in complex business environments. Our diverse set of methodological approaches include, but are not limited to, managerial economics, decision theory, game theory, econometrics, queuing theory and optimization. Recent research focusses on R&D management, new product development, service systems, supply chain economics, healthcare operations, pricing and revenue management, and entrepreneurial operations.

Strategy and Organizations incorporates work that ranges from the social psychology of individuals to the networks of organizations. Research spans the traditional academic areas of organizational behavior, organizational theory, and strategic management. Methodologies include experiments, ethnographies, formal modeling, social network analysis, interviews, and standard statistical techniques. Despite the diversity of approaches and methods, there is focus on research topics relating to innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, organizational learning, and related issues.

Kenan Arifoglu

Kenny Ching

Vaughn Tan

Research at Management Science and Innovation

A primary focus on innovation, R&D and technology management, creativity, and entrepreneurship motivates research within the two main departmental areas. Management Science and Operations group members publish regularly in journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. Strategy and Organizations group members publish regularly in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and Organization Science.